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File 475/1916 'PERSIA: POLICY - 1916. The proposed Treaty of Alliance' [38r] (80/566)
The record is made up of 1 volume (279 folios). It was created in 1916. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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or with other powers whether friendly or enemy v/hich
would infringe Persian independence or would aim at
the annexation or provisional occupation of Persian
territory or would give ground for compensation
end to oppose similar designs on the part of other
powers.
VII. Persia to have representatives, with merely
deliberative power, at peace conference.
VIII. Non-indemnification of British subjects for
losses suffered in Persia during the war -period.
As regards I. Persian Government admit tint, we
cannot concede this and would be satisfied with
affirmative reply qualified by some condition,
fulfilment of which would depend on ourselves e.g.
that neutral officers must be selected by common
agreement between the three Powers.
With regard to II. Persian Government point outtint
II
sterling sum, when fixed, was intended go appi o-virm<mely
represent
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
200,000 but tnat owing to ±cBLl in
exchange It now produces less whan
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
90,000
whj ch, even with contemplated subsidy, io not
sufficient for expenses of administration and Ghat
moreover it will eventually be repaid. If the two
Governments agree to the request any rise in exchange
at the moment of repayment entails a corresponding
loss to them, but assent might be given if repayment
is made in sterling.
III. We have already last, spring verbally intimated
readiness of the two Governments uo agree.
IV. Russian IfLioister thinks tiic.t his Government
wouli agree to give favourable reply, but with condition
that, state of security of the country and power of the
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes and printed papers in 1916 relating to the development of British policy towards Persia as well as the British relationship with Russia vis-à-vis its position and interests in Persia.
The discussion in the volume relates to the terms, duration and articles of the Treaty of Alliance developed by 'three-cornered conversations between Teheran, London and Petrograd' as well as the views of the Government of India on the proposed Treaty.
The volume includes:
- A printed copy of the proposed agreement with Persia (ff 260-261).
- Comments of HBM's Minister for Teheran (Sir Charles Murray Marling) on Persian proposals and details of the Russian counter-draft (ff 236-238).
- A draftt in French (ff 213-214) of the proposed treaty.
- A note (ff 161-165) on 'Persian Expenditure: the "half and half" arrangement' on the division of costs in Persia between HM Government and the Government of India.
- A telegram dated 31 August 1916 (f 81) listing the members of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister to the Shah of Persia Yossugh od Dowleh [Mushir-ed-Dowleh].
- A printed paper (ff 43-44) from the Minister to Tehran to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Edward Grey) detailing a history of Sipasalar's A'zam's administration.
Further discussion surrounds the associated negotiations of issues including: the abrogation of the Treaty of Turcomanshai [Turkmenchay] in which Russia dictated terms to end the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828); cancellation of Persian debt; tenure of land by foreigners; recognition of Persian territorial claims in the Gulf; and Persian concerns over de facto partition.
The correspondence also discusses the creation of a Cossack brigade for use by Persia and further potential military assistance to Persia; an Anglo-Russian subsidy to the Persian Government and mechanisms of financial control; the role of the South Persia Military Police in the 'restoration of order' in Fars and Kerman; and the loss by the Persian Government of correspondence relating to the Treaty.
The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Walter Louis Frederick Goltz Langley); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); HBM Minister at Teheran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor); Permanent Under-Secretary of State, India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. (Sir Thomas William Holderness); HBM Ambassador to Petrograd (Sir George William Buchanan); the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); and the Prime Minister to the Shah of Persia (Mushir-ed-Dowleh).
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (279 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 281; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- File 475/1916 'PERSIA: POLICY - 1916. The proposed Treaty of Alliance'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:51v, 53r:71r, 72r:280v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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